On 4 April 1953, in the wee hours of the morning two Turkish submarines TCG Dumlupınar and her sister boat TCG 1. İnönü,entered from the Aegean into the Dardanelles Strait, as the returning from the NATO naval exercise Blue Sea. The Commodore of First Submarine Squadron was in command of the two submarines and he was on board of TCG Dumlupınar. When... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy conducted a small scale naval exercise between 15th and 19th February 2016. The Exercise "Şehit Rad.Asb.Kd.Çvş. Aydın CANBOLAT Tatcial Training" was named after the radar operator Petty Officer 2nd Class Aydın Canpolat who died when his Coast Guard AB-412 helicopter crashed to the sea in 2005. As the name of the exercise suggests the... Continue Reading →
On 10 February 2016, The Grand National Assembly of Turkey, extended the presence of Turkish Navy in Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, and adjacent seas. The first bill allowing Turkish government to deploy Turkish Naval Forces for anti piracy operations was accepted in 10 February 2009. It was extended in one year periods ever since. Turkish warship... Continue Reading →
The Engin class mine hunter, M-261 TCG Edremit has joined NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2. She will remain deployed till 24 April 2016. and will spend 72 days on sailing. SNMCMG-2, under the Command of Turkish Navy, made a port visit to Izmir between 15 and 17 January 2015. The other port visits planed for SNMCMG-2... Continue Reading →
It has been a while since I have last updated the order of battle for Turkish Navy. Here is the current one: Active Building Planned Submarines (Note-1) 13 1 5 Frigates (Note-2) 16 8 Corvettes 8 2 Fast Attack Craft – Missile (Note-3) 21 4 Patrol Craft (Note-4) 34 Mine hunters/Mine sweepers (Note-5) 15 6... Continue Reading →
The frigate TCG Gemlik returned to her home port Aksaz Naval Base in Marmaris on 29 December 2015. She was deployed to the Gulf of Aden since August 2015. During her deployment to the region she acted as the flagship of the Combined Task Force 151. And the Rear Admiral Ayhan Bay was the commander... Continue Reading →
One of the most interesting presentations of the 7. Naval System Seminar was done by Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (UDI). The topic of it was the future shipbuilding projects. The organisers of Naval System Seminar prepared a CD containing the presentations done during it. It is a useful thing if you want to reread any... Continue Reading →
On 12 and 13 October 2015, the 7. Naval Systems Seminar was held in Ankara. I am personally delighted to see this venue started as a one-man project turned to be an established organisation appreciated by everyone. Turkish Navy was officially present in this year's seminar. In previous years Turkish naval officers participated the event... Continue Reading →
What you see above may be the first published photo of the Turkish heavyweight torpedo Akya. I have found it in an online publication of Turkish Navy. I believe the photo was at the first test firing of torpedo on 11 July 2013. The test firing was done from a surface platform where a 533mm... Continue Reading →
The first steel was cut for the fourth Milgem class corvette TCG Kınalıada on 8 October 2015. The ceremony was held in Istanbul Naval Shipyard. According to Turkish Navy press announcement the hull production of the third ship TCG Burgazada was finished 12 months before than planned, therefore the first steel of the TCG Kınalıada... Continue Reading →
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